There it went, this past weekend — the first rally car racing event graced the X Games. As matters shook out at the The Home Depot Center, Travis Pastrana and co-driver Christian Edstrom wound up with the gold, but it was Colin McRae who scored the most freestyle points with the Rockstar-addled crowd. Coming into the games' "Super Special" contest with a 0.5 second edge over Pastrana was veteran rallyist, McRae, who was favored to dust the field. But as he and co-driver Nicky Grist dropped into the stadium for a last sprint for the finish line, he barrel-rolled the team's Subaru, landing wheels down. A last, full-throttle effort toward the checkered flag brought him in 0.52 seconds short — nabbing McRae the silver medal. Pretty slick, Macky. Thanks to amateur video, we can check it out here. Aye! Click through for final standings.
· Travis Pastrana / Christian Edstrom: 12:02.19
· Colin McRae / Nicky Grist: 12:02.71
· Ken Block / Alex Gelsomino: 12:21.32
· Lauchlin O'Sullivan / Scott Putnam: 12:22.59
· Paul Choiniere / Jeff Becker: 12:28.36
· Pat Richard / Nathalie Richard: 12:38.64
· Ramana Lagemann / Mike Fennell: 12:53.50
· Matt Iorio / Ole Holter: 12:57.30
· Tanner Foust / Scott Crouch: 13:01.44
· Wyeth Gubelmann / Cindy Krolikowski: 13:11.81
· Andrew Comrie-Picard / Marc Goldfarb: 15:36.05
· Rhys Millen / Tony Sircombe: DNF
Related:
Rally Blog, A Driver's Journal; X-Games Rallying: Americans Hold Their Own Against McRae; Jalopnik Team Party Crash: X Games Rally Party in Los Angeles [internal]